Gadd.

[Loftily.] Done, sir, with you!

[They seat themselves at the table, and cut for coppers. Tom is walking about, surveying the room.]

Avonia.

[Taking off her hat and wiping it with her handkerchief.] Well, Thomas, what do you think of it?

Tom.

This is the kind of chamber I want for the first act of my comedy——-

Avonia.

Oh, lor', your head's continually running on your comedy. Half this blessed evening——

Tom.